Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-09

tor Fuller, I'm r,pT " r,itr,,
ginocr Cain and From v.,r time rhot,.
inc foreman "i grAph)
The road machine shops. Mi Anthony
Murphy, ,a' down TO the breakfast table
not lax apart Before they had tasted n
iuouthful, hrNrYcr, the sound of escaping
steam the .,ud Whir of the wheels on
the track and the outcry that rose in a
moment from guards and camp, brought
them md all the brcakiastcrs to their
feet BY thi, time the locomotive had
started anu Fuller and Murphy, with
loud cNcllmatiCns about the robbery of
the train, rushed pcll NEIL with every
body else out On the platform. the
passengers who had been uncoupEed and
left on the roaG not being behind others
IN their complaints and uDroar. The
whole camp also was il. Il turmoil. a
single Gloncr around showed Fuller that
there wa, no chancc for help there; ana
being man Of quick thought his mind
fastened on an idea--uttcrly wrong as it
prOycd-but which had the merit of put
ting him vigorously 20 work The near
Est guard declared that only four men
wclc engaged in the capiur'--hc had only
seen those that mounted the cnginc-and
others cor.OboTatC7i him. Fuller Ternem-
bered The conscripts he had been warned
20 watch for, and at once the thought
nA she'd lcr,i,- his mind, some Of those
men, one ri whom happened tn know
enough ri m engine to pull opea the
throttle, have jumped on my train 10 GET
out OF camp and As 1904 as they l.e out
side they will lcaye lhs engine and run
into the mountains. must follow as
fa7t ., possible ami try "a get it back b,.
;orr get very badly on Of time"
The presence Of Mr. Anthony NtaDhy
that morning was purely accidental lie
was going - examine an engine at Mia
tooua reported out OF Orler As an officer
of nigh authority on the road, command
ing ull engineers and lrcmen, knowing all
the engines and everything about the ruatl
perfectly, his presence a. that time was
most unfortunate for Us He was a man
OF great csolne>. and T,ml judgment, His
first action waS far-sighted lie sent Mr..
William Kc7ririck on horseback TO Mari
eta 10 notify .he superintendent ut At
la,ltH by wire. Mr.. kenfrick arrived in
tims To hold n fyeighs tram there till
orters weTr flashed back To drop all cars
but one i7ln up TO Big Shanty, load on
soldiers and pursue with all speed This
was the first rain in chase, 4 message
was also sent from Marietta to Richmond,
hut no result followed that. Ny opinion
- that Andrew, had in >one way ar
ranged for cutting the yirc between hat
taDrpga and Knoxville, which w;rs the
only route BY which the message cuuLi
have gone around ard got on the line OF
the Western and Atlantic railroad ahead
oS lS,
Had thcee been the only measures Of
pursuit-wh-e aud lud!CfoIs as thcy Were
our task would have been easy But
huikr' : error and his ardent temptra-
ment prompted to another course. He
had called Murphy and Cain, Come on
with mo- they promptly followcd and
the three of them ,tirrterl at dead run up
the track The spectacle of three men
running vigorously after a dying engine
rs If they expected To catch it, instantly
restored the mob 10 coed humor, and
they cheered and shouted with laughter!
What would have bcen the fate of these
runners il thcy mad oyertaken Us at the
iirst stop, where We cut wire and OBJ
StPucted the track, it is NEEDLESS TO in
Qnirr. They would hare hardly begun
such chaSe had they not entirely under-
estimated our number, as well as mis-
taken our purpose. The Atlanta Southern
Confedcracy of the next day, in IA article
full Of panic, written before the issue was
determined, speaks of us as some four
men yet unknown
The different running powers of the
p1rsuers WIRE soon made evident In this
apparently hopeless chase, Fuller was
extraordinarily fleet and OF great endur-
ance. His companions were equally
Jealous but less able for running They
were, therefore, soon spread out for
considerable distance. While putting in
his best efforts, Fuller shouted back en-
couragenent 10 his comrades, but did not
wait, The hope of getting his train soon
was too strong, and he also feared that
the reckless men who had taken it might
do some injury 10 the engine before he
could come up, The idea that they might
offer any resistance did not enter his
mind
But the chase could not long have con
tinued in this manner, for human muscles
cannot be pitted successfully against
steam. The labored breath and the de-
creasing pace Of the runners showed that
thew were well nigh exhausted and as